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Ukraine Says A Massive Sweeping Cyberattack Is Now Underway

Reuters: Ukraine says another sweeping cyberattack underway as state websites and banks hit 

KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The websites of Ukraine's government, foreign ministry and state security service were down on Wednesday in what the government said was the start of another massive denial of service (DDoS) attack that began at around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT). 

Ukrainian authorities said this week they had seen online warnings that hackers were preparing to launch major attacks on government agencies, banks and the defence sector.

Ukraine has suffered a string of cyberattacks that Kyiv has blamed on Russia. Moscow, which is caught up in a mounting confrontation with the West over Ukraine, has denied any involvement. 

"At about 4 pm, another mass DDoS attack on our state began. We have relevant data from a number of banks," said Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation, adding that the parliament website was also hit.  

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Ukraine Says A Massive Sweeping Cyberattack Is Now Underway 

 Minister: Ukraine websites down in another ‘massive’ online attack -- Politico 

Cyberattack hits Ukrainian banks and government websites -- CNBC  

Ukraine crisis: Banks 'hit by cyber attacks' as government website home pages 'inaccessible' -- SKY News 

Suspected cyberattack shuts down Ukrainian government websites -- Business Insider  

Ukrainian government websites go down in 'mass DDoS attack' -- 9News  

Ukrainian government and bank websites hit by mass cyberattack -- Axios 

‘Massive cyberattack’ underway, Ukraine reports -- RT



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